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Cyprian, Circumcision & Infant Baptism

The following excerpt is taken from St. Cyprian’s discussion on the necessity and centrality of infant baptism where he stresses the importance of baptizing infants immediately without delay. In doing so, Cyprian breaks down the significance of physically circumcising male infants on the 8th day. The blessed saint explains

No Sola Fide in the Early Church

I cite what the late renowned Protestant scholar Philip Schaff admitted in respect to Luther’s doctrine of sola fide, or of forensic justification where Luther claimed a person was declared (not made) just/righteous by faith in Christ alone, being virtually unknown in the early Church. All emphasis will

1 Cor. 3:11-15: Believers as the Works of God

In this post I will examine the blessed and holy Apostle Paul’s warning to the Corinthians regarding sectarianism and the judgement that believers must undergo before entering into final salvation/glorification. My focus will be to show that the works that Paul had in mind are actually individuals who

POPE PIUS X, INFIDELS & SALVATION

Here I will be citing from the Catechism of St. Pius X in relation to the salvific status of non-Catholic Christians, Jews and Muslims. All emphasis will be mine. 27 Q. Can one be saved outside the Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church? A. No, no one can be saved outside

VATICAN II, THE CATECHISM & WORLD RELIGIONS

In this post I will quote what the official documents of the Catholic Church teach in respect to the world’s religions and how salvation is to be obtained. I begin with what Catechism of the Catholic Church says. All emphasis will be mine: The Church and non-Christians 839 “Those

CALVIN’S SCHIZOPHRENIC, DUPLICITOUS GOD

John Calvin saw a tension between his belief in God having freely, sovereignly decreed to save only the elect whom he would effectual bring to saving faith in Christ with those statements in Scripture that affirm God desiring, wanting, willing and calling all mankind to salvation in Christ. In order

The Reformation and Purgatory

Quotations provided by William Albrecht. All emphasis is mine. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS It’s not surprising that Erasmus affirmed Purgatory since he was Catholic after all: “Even three hundred years after the birth of Christ, it was permitted to debate whether there was any fire in purgatory; some interpreted fire to

Paul, Baptism & the Gospel

Many so-called Bible believing Christians oppose what has been the universal teaching of the Church from the time of the Apostles up until the Protestant Reformation, namely, water baptism is the means through which God sends forth the Holy Spirit to regenerate an individual and unite him/her to Christ

More Early Church Quotes On Baptism

I present additional quotes from some of the church’s greatest theologians and scholars on the necessity and centrality of water baptism for regeneration, salvation, and forgiveness of sins. All emphasis will be mine. St. Hilary of Poitiers 57. Keep, I pray You, this my pious faith undefiled, and even

Early Church on Baptismal Regeneration

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 118-129. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Alexander Roberts